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Sabato, Larry.
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United States. Constitution
Constitutional law -- United States.
Political participation -- United States.
Constitutional amendments -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
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A more perfect const...
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A more perfect constitution : 23 proposals to revitalize our Constitution and make America a fairer country / Larry J. Sabato.
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Sabato, Larry.
New York : Walker & Co. : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, 2007.
Subjects
United States. Constitution
Constitutional law -- United States.
Political participation -- United States.
Constitutional amendments -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
ISBN:
0802716210 (hbk.)
9780802716217 (hbk.) :
Description:
viii, 342, [1] p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
Contents:
CREATING A CAPITAL CONGRESS: Reforming the Senate -- Reforming the House -- Congressional term limits: extreme or mainstream -- Balancing the budget: setting the stage for a great convention debate -- Continuity of government: preparing for the unthinkable -- PERFECTING THE PRESIDENCY: The Presidential term of choice -- The six-year term -- The alternative: a presidential confirmation election -- A lengthened House term (& changes in the Senate term) -- War-making limits: presidential downsizing -- Item veto -- Fairness to all: making the presidency possible for Americans who are not "natural-born" -- THE NEW COURT: SUPREME BUT NOT ETERNAL: The error of lifetime tenure -- Fixed terms -- Not-so-early retirement -- A balanced bench -- Power of the purse -- POLITICS: AMERICA'S MISSING CONSTITUTIONAL LINK: Of parties, presidential politics, and the quadrennial orgy -- The regional lottery plan for the new constitution -- The electoral college: mend it, don't end it -- Adding some political rules of the game for the twenty-first century -- A CITIZENSHIP OF SERVICE: ASKING WHAT WE CAN DO FOR OUR COUNTRY . . . AND OURSELVES: An American history of service: military calls and civilian supplements -- The case for Universal National Service (UNS) -- UNS and America's future -- VOX POPULI: WHAT DO THE PEOPLE THINK OF CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE? The caution light blinks steadily -- Dissatisfaction with the status quo -- Look who's talking -- Rasmussen Poll on the proposed new constitution -- CALLING THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION: The founders' daring and our timidity -- The legal netherworld surrounding a new convention -- Setting the ground rules prior to the convention -- Calling the convention -- After the convention: ratification and its aftermath -- Getting there from here -- The U.S. Constitution and amendments.
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Calls for revisions to the Constitution to restore equity for ordinary citizens and offers proposals to reinvigorate the document to incorporate changes to the structure of Congress, the Electoral College, the Supreme Court, and a mandatory national service.
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